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'I love Trump': Ugandan leader praises U.S. president for being frank with Africa

Risdel Kasasira, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tuesday, January 23, 2018
5:52:02 EST PM

This file photo taken on Nov. 11, 2017 shows Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni delivering a speech during the ceremony marking the laying of the foundation stone for the starting point of the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline in Kabaale. Gael Grilhot / AFP / Getty Images

KAMPALA, Uganda -- Uganda's president says he loves President Donald Trump and that he should be praised for not mincing words.

"I love Trump because he tells Africans frankly," President Yoweri Museveni said Tuesday, shortly after the U.S. ambassador apologized for Trump's recent reference to African nations as "shithole countries."

"I don't know whether he was misquoted or whatever. But he talks to Africans frankly," Museveni said. "In the world, you cannot survive if you are weak."

Museveni: "America has got one of the best presidents ever. I love Trump. He speaks to Africans frankly. Africans need to solve their problems."